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Old May 12, 2011 | 06:58 PM
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just put my new rotors and refurbished JL9 calpers and new stainless steel lines on my 88'.... i think i put my front calpers on backwards (left on right, right on left)... do the bleeders face up on the front calpers or do they face down tword the ground... feel retarted asking guess i should have payed a little more attention durn the Removal process
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Old May 12, 2011 | 07:00 PM
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I believe the bleeders should be on top.
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Old May 12, 2011 | 08:00 PM
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Which way do bubbles go?
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Originally Posted by 383vett
Which way do bubbles go?
you beat me to it. I guess the engineer that designed the C4 clutch's bleeder missed school the day they taught that one. That **** designed an upside down bleeder that declines against it, what a jack-***.
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Originally Posted by 383vett
Which way do bubbles go?
Exactly!
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thanks all for the responses... feel kinda dumb now that i thought about the logic of air and liquid.... i did have them upside down, swapped them and all is good, thanks for not bashing the brain fart
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Originally Posted by Heimlich2010
thanks all for the responses... feel kinda dumb now that i thought about the logic of air and liquid.... i did have them upside down, swapped them and all is good, thanks for not bashing the brain fart
We've all done worse.
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Originally Posted by Heimlich2010
thanks all for the responses... feel kinda dumb now that i thought about the logic of air and liquid.... i did have them upside down, swapped them and all is good, thanks for not bashing the brain fart


Dont want you to think you got away with something, bash bash bash bash bash bash bash bash bash bash bash.
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